Let a Muslim speak good or remain silent
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Alhamduli'Allahi Rabbil-`Aalameen
wa-Salaatu wa-Salaamu 'Alaa Ashrafil-Anbiyaa-e-wal-Mursaleen~ `Amma Ba`ad~
Assalaamu `Alaykum wa Rahmatullaahi wa Barakaatuhu.
Allaah the Most High says ...
“ Not a word does one utter, except that there is an Angel Watching Ready to record it.”
[Source~ Qur`an~ Surat 'Qa`f'~ 50~ A# 18]
Abu Hurairah ~[Allah be pleased with him]~ reported that...
Prophet~[Sallallahu 'Alayhi wa Sallam] said...
'Whosoever believes in Allah and the Last Day
then let him speak good or remain silent'.
[Source : Saheeh Al-Bukhari & Sahih Muslim]
Imaam Ash-Shaafi'ee (Rahimahullaah) said...
'When one desires to talk, then it is upon him to think before he speaks...
If there is beneficial good in what he will say,then he should speak...
and if he has doubt about that, then he must not speak until he clears that doubt .
(by making his speech good).'
Abu Moosaa Al-Ash'aree ~[Allah be pleased with him] ~said...
I said: 'O Messenger of Allah which of the Muslims is best ?'
he (Sallallahu 'Alayhi wa Sallam) said...'he whose Tongue and Hand the
Muslims are safe from.' [Source ~ Al-Bukhaari and Muslim]
Sahl Ibn Sa'ad~[Allah be pleased with him] reported that the ...
Messenger of Allah (Sallallahu 'Alayhi wa Sallam) said...
'Whosoever can guarantee for me
(that he will safeguard) what is between his jaws (tongue) and what is between his legs (private parts), I will guarantee for him Paradise.' [Source: Sahih Al-Bukhari]
Abu Hurairah reported that he heard the Prophet (Sallallahu `Alayhi wa Sallam) say...
'Indeed, the servant will speak a word,while being unaware of (its consequences)
and due to it he will be cast into the Hellfire,
farther than the distance between the east and the west.'
[Source ~ Al-Bukhaaree and Muslim]
Sufyaan Ibn 'Abdillaah~[Allah be pleased with him]~asked...
'O Messenger of Allah (Sallallahu `Alayhi wa Sallam)
'tell me of a matter that I may cling tightly onto.'
he (Sallallahu `Alayhi wa Sallam) said...
'Say: I believe in Allah and then remain steadfast (upon that).’
I said...'O Messenger of Allaah (Sallallahu `Alayhi wa Sallam)
'what is the most Serious thing that I should fear for myself....?'
So he (Sallallahu `Alayhi wa Sallam)
took a hold of his Tongue and said...'This'{!}
[Source~ An authentic hadeeth reported by At-Tirmidhee, Ibn Maajah and others]
'Uqbah Ibn 'Aamir~[Allah be pleased with him] ~ reported...
I said: 'O Messenger of Allaah (Sallallahu `Alayhi wa Sallam) ,
how does one attain salvation'?
he (Sallallahu `Alayhi wa Sallam) said...Restrain your Tongue,
Remain in your Home. and Weep over your Sins.'
[Source: An authentic hadeeth reported by Ibn Al-Mubaarak in Az-Zuhd Ahmad]{Source: "Al-Adhkaar" of Imam an-Nawawi}
~MY 'SALAAMS' TO ALL~
Son of Adam! You are nothing but a number of days,
whenever each day passes then part of you has Gone.
{Al-Hasan Al-Basree (r)}
Courtesy: Sister Yasmin.. Jazaki Allaho Khairan fiddarain for serving Deen e Islam. Ma sha ALLAH.